WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, pictured here in 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

WTO meeting seeks modest outcomes, with global trade at ‘critical juncture’

Striking deals by consensus becoming more difficult amid signs global economy fragmenting

Trade ministers from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a World Trade Organization meeting that aims to set new global commerce rules, but its chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and delegates sought to curb expectations.








Prairie forecast update: Storms roll in

Prairie forecast update: Storms roll in

Updates forecast issued Feb. 21, 2024

The weather models are coming into agreement with up coming storm system. The low was forecasted to develop over southern Alberta on Sunday with widespread snow developing to the north and west of the low. This placed the Edmonton region in the main snow band with 10 or so centimetres forecasted to fall across this region. The snow should move out quickly on Monday as cold arctic air pours southwards behind the low dropping temperatures to below average, but only for a couple of day.